Question | Answer |
Define Tinnitus | Ringing in the ears |
Term for dizziness | Vertigo |
Define Anacusis | Lack of hearing |
Age related lose of hearing acuity is known as | Prebycusis |
What is Otosclerosis | Stapes hardening over time |
Removal of the stapes is known as | Stapedectomy |
What is the procudure for a Stapedectomy or removal of the stapes | Soft plastic implant is put in place of the spongy covered bone of the stapes |
What is Meniere's Syndrome | Infammation of the inner ear |
Can infalammation of the inner ear known as Meniere's Syndrome be recurrent | Yes |
Symptoms of Meniere's | Explosive attacks of vertigo, Nausea and Vomiting, Intermitent hearing loss, Tinnitus (ringing in the ears), Otalgia (ear ache). |
What is used to Treat Meniere's | Steroids |
What is Auditory Agnosia | A lack of understanding sounds |
How does Auditory Agnosia happen | Caused by a stroke or tumor |
When Auditory Agnosia happens what does it do to a person | there is damage to Broca's Area - A person hears but it makes no sense |
What is used to Treat Auditory Agnosia | Antibiotics-Amoxicillin |
What is Otitis media | Middle ear infection |
Middle ear infection known as Otitis media usually happens to | The young |
Color of infected tympanic membrane (eardrum). | Pink or Red |
How does the eardrum look with fluid behind it | Dull |
What is the medical term for earache | Otalgia |
What happens when a Tympanotomy is done | tubes are put in the ear to drain |
What is Otorrhea | Drainage of the ear |
What is Myringotomy | Surgical incision of the tympanic membrane. |
The vestibular nerve leads to the brain from where? | Semi circular canals |
Decibals = Frequency = | Volume pitch |